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Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a ruined country house near Bolsover in Derbyshire, dating principally to the early eighteenth century. Built for the Leke family, the house represents an ambitious Baroque design with distinctive architectural features including ornamental stone detailing and a substantial multi-storey structure. The hall was gutted by fire in 1945 and subsequently stripped of internal fittings and fixtures, leaving the outer walls and structural frame substantially intact. The roofless ruin now survives as a notable example of early Georgian domestic architecture and stands as a testament to the shifting fortunes of the English gentry.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007035. View the official record →
Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a ruined country house near Bolsover in Derbyshire, dating principally to the early eighteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007035.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007035.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house. (3.3 km), Stainsby defended manorial complex including site of chapel (3.4 km), Four watchtowers SW of town (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sutton Scarsdale Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.